JPH06133886A - Shower device for shoulder-pad for bath tub - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To apply the jets of bath tub hot water to the arbitrary position of the shoulder by freely vertically and laterally directing the direction of a nozzle for the shoulder-pad of the shower implement for the shoulder-pad. CONSTITUTION:The shower implement 17 for the shoulder-pad is installed to the top of the flange 2 of a bath tub 1. The upper part of the shower implement 17 for the shoulder-pad is provided with a nozzle 3 for the shoulder-pad which injects shower water toward the shoulder. A spherical surface-shaped ball part 31 in the base part of the nozzle 3 for the shoulder-pad is freely rotatably mounted in a spherical bearing 30 provided in the upper part of the shower implement 17 for the shoulder-pad so that the direction of the nozzle 3 for the shoulder-pad can be freely vertically and laterally adjusted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shower device for a shoulder rest of a bathtub used for massaging the shoulder by giving a strong jet of shower water to the shoulder while taking a bath, and more particularly to a shoulder pad for spraying shower water on the shoulder. The present invention relates to a shower device for a shoulder rest of a bathtub, in which the direction of a suction nozzle can be changed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a shower device for a shoulder rest of a bathtub of this kind, a shower device for a shoulder rest is mounted on a flange of a bathtub, and a shoulder rest nozzle of the shower device for a shoulder rest is attached to the shoulder while the bath posture is maintained. The purpose is to apply a shower.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, the shoulder pad nozzle is only provided on the shoulder pad shower device so as to be rotatable up and down, and the direction of the shoulder pad nozzle is changed. There is a problem in that it is not possible to adjust the direction of the shoulder contact nozzle freely up and down, left and right, and it is not possible to apply the jet of the bath water to any position on the shoulder.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to arbitrarily orient the direction of the shoulder rest nozzle of the shower device for shoulder rest up, down, left and right. It is to provide a shower device for a shoulder rest of a bathtub which can apply a jet of hot water to the position.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a shower device for a shoulder pad of a bathtub according to the present invention has a shower device 17 for a shoulder pad placed on a flange 2 of a bathtub 1, and shower water is directed toward the shoulder. The shoulder pad nozzle 3 for injecting is provided on the upper portion of the shoulder pad shower device 17, and the spherical ball portion 31 at the base of the shoulder pad nozzle 3 is attached to the spherical bearing 30 provided on the shoulder pad shower device 17. It is characterized in that it is rotatably mounted so that the direction of the shoulder pad nozzle 3 can be freely adjusted vertically and horizontally.

Further, a shower device 17 for shoulder rest is installed on the flange 2 of the bathtub 1, and a nozzle 3 for shoulder rest for spraying shower water to the shoulder is provided on the upper part of the shower implement 17 for shoulder rest, and the flange 2 The shoulder shower device 17 is attached to the pedestal 32 attached to the shoulder support shower device 17 so that the shoulder shower device 17 can rotate in a horizontal plane, and the shoulder support nozzle 3 can be vertically rotated on the shoulder device shower device 17. However, it is also preferable that the shoulder pad shower device 17 is rotated with respect to the pedestal 32 and the shoulder pad nozzle 3 is rotated with respect to the shoulder pad shower device 17 by the motors 33 and 34.

[0007]

The spherical ball portion 31 at the base of the shoulder pad nozzle 3 is rotatably mounted on the spherical bearing 30 provided on the upper portion of the shoulder pad shower device 17, and the shoulder pad nozzle 3 is oriented vertically and horizontally. In the one that can be adjusted freely,
By rotating the shoulder pad nozzle 3 vertically and horizontally, the direction of the shoulder pad nozzle 3 can be oriented in any of the vertical and horizontal directions.
The jet of bath water can be applied to any position on the shoulder.

Further, the shoulder rest shower device 17 is mounted on the pedestal 32 attached to the flange 2 so that the shoulder rest shower device 17 is rotatable on a horizontal plane, and the shoulder rest nozzle 3 is attached to the shoulder rest shower device 17. In the case of being rotatably mounted up and down, by rotating the shoulder rest shower device 17 with respect to the pedestal 32, the direction of the shoulder rest nozzle 3 can be adjusted to the left and right and the shoulder rest nozzle 3 is rotated up and down. By doing so, the direction of the shoulder rest nozzle 3 can be adjusted up and down, and the direction of the shoulder rest nozzle 3 can be oriented in any direction up, down, left or right, and the jet of bath water can be applied to any position on the shoulder. You can At this time, the rotation of the shower device 17 for shoulder rest with respect to the pedestal 32 and the nozzle 3 for shoulder rest
The rotation of the shoulder rest shower device 17 with respect to the motor 3
Since the steps 3 and 34 are performed, the direction of the shoulder pad nozzle 3 can be freely set electrically.

[0009]

EXAMPLES First, the examples shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 will be described. 2 is a perspective view of the whole bath 1, and FIG. 3 is a pipeline diagram showing the whole system. A circulation pump 8 is arranged on the side of the bathtub 1, and a suction port 9 and the circulation pump 8 in the bathtub 1 are connected by a suction pipe 10. The circulation pump 8 removes the hot water in the bathtub 1. Can be inhaled. On the inner wall surface of the bathtub 1, a plurality of back jet nozzles 11 and jet feet 12 for jetting hot water containing air bubbles are provided in the bathtub 1. The jet nozzles 11 and 12 and the circulation pump 8 are provided.
Are connected by nozzle water supply pipes 13 and 14, so that hot water can be supplied to the injection nozzles 11 and 12.
The flange 2 of the bathtub 1 is provided with an air intake port 15,
The air intake port 15 and the injection nozzles 11 and 12 are connected to the air pipe 1.
6 are connected to each other, whereby the injection nozzles 11 and 12 are connected.
The air can be supplied to. On the flange 2 of the bathtub 1, a pair of shower fittings 17 for shoulder rests are arranged at positions corresponding to the shoulders of the bather, and the shower fittings 17 for shoulder rests and the circulation pump 8 are connected to the shower water supply pipe 18 for shoulder rests. The bath water is supplied to the shower device 17 for shoulder rest. In the shoulder rest shower device 17, the direction of the shoulder rest nozzle 3 can be freely adjusted up, down, left and right as described later. The operation of the bathtub 1 is performed by the remote controller 20, and the operation patterns can be selected, the flow rate can be adjusted, and the frequency of the jet flow change can be adjusted. The signal from the remote controller 20 is sent to the remote controller light receiving unit 21, and the circulation pump 8
Is transmitted to the control unit 22 stored in the. Reference numeral 27 denotes an on / off switch attached to the flange 2 of the bath tub 1, which is used to turn on / off the injection nozzles 11 and 12. Reference numeral 28 denotes a drain plug switch for opening and closing the drain plug at the bottom of the bathtub 1.

The bath water sucked from the suction port 9 is supplied from the circulation pump 8 to the nozzle water supply pipes 13 and 14 through a flow rate control valve 23 which controls the circulation flow rate inside the pump unit.
The water is supplied to the shoulder shower water supply pipe 18. The nozzle water supply pipes 13 and 14 and the shoulder pad shower water supply pipe 18 are provided with a back flow path switching valve 24 such as a motor valve, a foot flow path switching valve 25, and a shoulder flow path switching valve 26, respectively. The supply of bath water can be switched. The bath water that has circulated through the nozzle water supply pipes 13 and 14 through the back flow path switching valve 24 and the foot flow path switching valve 25 is mixed with the air from the air pipe 16 at the injection nozzles 11 and 12. A jet stream containing bubbles is jetted into the bathtub 1.
Shower water supply pipe for shoulder 1 through the shoulder flow path switching valve 26
The bath water circulated through 8 is supplied to the shower device 17 for shoulder rests, and is sprayed from the nozzle 3 for shoulder rests of the shower implement 17 for shoulder rests. The flow rate of the bath water circulated and supplied to the injection nozzles 11 and 12 and the shower device 17 for shoulder rest is circulated by controlling the flow rate control valve 23 that can control the flow rate by the valve opening degree using a stepping motor. The flow rate can be adjusted, and the jet strength of the jets jetted from the jet nozzles 11 and 12 and the shoulder pad nozzle 3 of the shoulder pad shower device 17 and various jet streams can be obtained.

A pair of shoulder shower devices 17 are attached as shown in FIG. In the case of the present embodiment, the shoulder rest shower device 17 is formed in the shape of an inverted L-shaped cylinder, and the lower end of the shoulder rest shower device 17 is attached to the flange 2 to provide the shoulder rest shower device. A shoulder shower water supply pipe 18 is connected to the lower end of 17.
A spherical bearing 3 is attached to the upper tip of the shower device 17 for shoulder rest.
No. 0 is provided, and a spherical ball portion 31 provided at the base of the shoulder pad nozzle 3 is fitted to the shoulder pad nozzle 3 so as to be rotatable vertically and horizontally. A protective material 36 made of Teflon resin or the like is attached to the spherical bearing 30 to reduce wear due to friction. Ball part 3 of nozzle 3 for shoulder rest
O-ring retainer 38 on the outer surface side of 1 via O-ring 37
The nozzle retainer 39 is attached to the outer surface side of the O-ring retainer 38 by screwing. When the tip of the shoulder pad nozzle 3 is held by hand and the shoulder pad nozzle 3 is moved up and down and left and right, the direction of the shoulder pad nozzle 3 can be freely oriented vertically and horizontally. The jet of the bath water can be applied to any position on the shoulder with the tip oriented in any direction.

Next, the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 will be described. The rotating body 40 is rotatably attached to the shoulder rest shower device 17, and the spherical bearing 30 provided on the rotating body 40.
The ball portion 31 of the base portion of the shoulder pad nozzle 3 is rotatably fitted in. The O-ring 3 is provided on the outer surface side of the ball portion 31.
A nozzle retainer 39 is attached by screwing via 7. A motor 41 is attached to the rotating body 40,
The ball portion 31 is provided with teeth 42, and the motor 41
A worm 45 provided at the tip of the output shaft 43 is meshed with the teeth 42, and the driving force of the motor 41 is transmitted to the ball portion 31 by a worm gear structure. A motor 46 is attached to the shoulder rest shower device 17,
The rotating body 40 is provided with teeth 47, and the worm 50 provided at the tip of the output shaft 48 of the motor 46 is meshed with the teeth 47. The driving force of the motor 46 is transmitted to the rotating body 40 by a worm gear structure. It is like this. The water supply port 51 of the shoulder rest shower 17 and the base of the shoulder rest nozzle 3 are connected by a flexible connection hose 52. Then, the motor 41 and the motor 46 move independently so that the ball portion 31 and the rotating body 40 are independently driven in the orthogonal directions, and the direction of the shoulder pad nozzle 3 is changed vertically and horizontally to an arbitrary direction. Can be turned. At this time, the motors 41, 4
6, the direction of the shoulder pad nozzle 3 can be freely adjusted electrically, and the adjustment can be easily performed.

Next, the embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 will be described. A pedestal 32 is mounted on the flange 2, and a main body 54 of the shower device 17 for shoulder rest is rotatably mounted on the pedestal 32 via a bearing 53a. A cylindrical rotary shaft 55 is horizontally arranged and rotatably mounted on the upper portion of the main body 54, and a shoulder pad nozzle 3 is mounted on the rotary shaft 55. A jet of shower water can be jetted from the jet port 56 at the tip. An oscillation-type pure fluid element 57 such as a feedback oscillation-type pure fluid element is installed in the shoulder pad nozzle 3, and the direction of the jet flow is alternately switched by the oscillation of the oscillation-type pure fluid element 57. ing. A rotary cylinder 58 is hung from the main body 54 into the cavity of the pedestal 32.
A rotary flange 59 is integrally provided on the lower end of the rotary shaft 8. The motor 33 is housed in the cavity of the pedestal 53, the rotary flange 59 is provided with teeth 60, and the worm 62 at the tip of the output shaft 61 of the motor 33 is meshed with the teeth 60.
Rotation of the motor 33 uses a worm gear structure to rotate the rotary flange 5
You can tell to 9. The motor 34 is housed in the main body 54, teeth 63 are provided on the outer periphery of the rotary shaft 55, and the worm 65 at the tip of the output shaft 64 of the motor 34 is meshed with the teeth 63. The rotation can be transmitted to the rotating shaft 55 by a worm gear structure. Then, when the motor 33 is driven, the rotary flange 59 rotates, the main body 28 rotates, and the shoulder pad nozzle 3 can rotate in the horizontal plane.
Is driven, the rotation shaft 55 rotates to rotate the shoulder pad nozzle 3 up and down, and the direction of the shoulder pad nozzle 3 can be freely changed up and down and left and right.

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention, the spherical bearing at the base of the shoulder pad nozzle is rotatably mounted on the spherical bearing provided on the upper part of the shower pad for shoulder pad as described above. Since it can be adjusted freely up, down, left and right, the shoulder pad nozzle can be rotated up, down, left and right to orient the shoulder pad nozzle in any direction up, down, left or right.
A jet of bath water can be applied to any position on the shoulder.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the shower device for shoulder rest is mounted on a pedestal attached to the flange so that the shower device for shoulder rest can rotate freely in a horizontal plane, and the shoulder rest Since the shoulder pad nozzle is rotatably attached to the shower device up and down, you can adjust the direction of the shoulder pad nozzle to the left and right by rotating the shoulder pad shower device with respect to the pedestal, and move the shoulder pad nozzle up and down. By rotating it, the direction of the shoulder pad nozzle can be adjusted up and down, and the direction of the shoulder pad nozzle can be oriented in any direction up, down, left, or right, and can be adjusted to any position on the shoulder. It is possible to apply a jet stream, and the rotation of the shoulder shower device with respect to the pedestal and the rotation of the shoulder nozzle with respect to the shoulder shower device are performed by a motor. It is capable of directing the orientation of the nozzle shoulder rest freely in order Electric.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a shower device portion for a shoulder pad according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the entire bathtub of the above.

FIG. 3 is a pipe diagram of the entire system of the above.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a shower device portion for a shoulder rest according to another embodiment of the above, seen from the front (a), and FIG. 4 (b) is a sectional view taken along line AA of (a).

FIG. 5 is a front sectional view showing a shower device portion for a shoulder pad of another embodiment of the above.

6 is a partially cutaway side view of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bathtub 2 Flange 3 Shoulder pad nozzle 17 Shoulder pad shower device 30 Spherical bearing 31 Ball part 32 Pedestal 33 Motor 34 Motor

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Junichi Ikeuchi, 1048, Kadoma, Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, Matsushita Electric Works Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor, Toshiyuki Kakiki, 1048, Kadoma, Kadoma, Osaka

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A shower device for a shoulder rest is installed on a flange of a bathtub, and a nozzle for a shoulder rest for spraying shower water toward the shoulder is provided on the upper part of the shower implement for a shoulder rest, and It is characterized in that a spherical ball portion at the base of the shoulder pad nozzle is rotatably mounted on a spherical bearing provided on the upper part so that the direction of the shoulder pad nozzle can be adjusted vertically and horizontally. Shower device for shoulder rest of bathtub. 2. A shower device for shoulder pads is installed on a flange of a bathtub, and a nozzle for shoulder pads for spraying shower water toward the shoulder is provided on the upper part of the shower device for shoulder pads, and the pedestal is attached to the flange. Attach the shower device for shoulder rest so that the shower device for shoulder rest can rotate on a horizontal surface,
A shoulder pad nozzle is attached to the shoulder pad shower device so as to be rotatable up and down, and a motor is used to rotate the shoulder pad shower device with respect to the pedestal and to rotate the shoulder pad nozzle with respect to the shoulder pad shower device. Shower device for shoulder rest of bathtub.